CONFERENCE THEME Class at the Border: Migration, Confinement, and (Im)mobility

The Center for the Study of Inequality and Social Justice at Stony Brook University
is pleased to announce they will be hosting the 2018 Working-Class Studies Association
conference on the campus of Stony Brook University from June 6-9, 2018.

Against the backdrop of globalization, where capital flows across borders more easily
than people, we are living in increasingly walled-off societies. The conference theme,
Class at the Border: Migration, Confinement, and (Im)mobility, explores how an explicit
recognition of class can deepen our understanding of the structures and ideas that
divide individuals, communities, societies, and nations across the globe.

Presenters are encouraged to submit individual proposals as well as full panels, poster
submissions, roundtables, and workshops that address, in some fashion, either within
or across disciplinary boundaries, literal or figurative concepts of walls through
class analysis. While we strongly encourage submissions that focus on the cluster
themes such as labor, immigration, incarceration, and mobility in relation to class,
presenters are encouraged to submit proposals in other areas and from various fields
of study that advance our understanding of walls and class, such as:

Cultural artifacts and expression

Pedagogy

Race, ethnicity, and gender

Landscapes and geographical spaces

Social movements

LGBQT communities

Power and social structure

Public policy and electoral politics

Income inequality

Global economies

Art and activism

Media and popular culture

Community and the environment

Submissions must include the following information:

*Proposed title and a maximum 250 word description of individual presentation
or group panel.

Presentations for this conference will consider how walls, borders, and other dividing
lines--of both the material and figurative variety--are constructed, upheld, resisted,
and dismantled.

Submit proposals as an e-mail attachment and any inquiries about the conference to
wcsa2018@gmail.com.

Proposals must be received by December 15, 2017. After review by the program committee, notifications will be mailed by the end of
January 2018. Conference registration and housing reservations will be possible after
March 15, 2018. Details and updates as well as information about need-based travel
grants will be posted at the Conference website:
https://wcstudies2018conference.wordpress.com/